Donald Trump responds as North Korea fires short-range missile test

US President Donald Trump voiced confidence Saturday that North
Korea's Kim Jong-un would not "break his promise," after South
Korea said Pyongyang had launched several unidentified
projectiles into the sea.

"Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I
believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic
potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to interfere or
end it," Trump tweeted.

"He also knows that I am with him & does not want to break
his promise to me. Deal will happen!" added the US president,
in response to what could be Pyongyang's first short-range
missile launch for more than a year.

The tests were the first missile launch since 2017 as it steps
up pressure against Washington after a failed nuclear summit.

The North fired an unidentified short-range missile from the
city of Wonsan around 9am (0000 GMT), South Korea's
Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The
Office said it was conducting joint analysis with the United
States.

Anything in this very interesting world is possible, but I
believe that Kim Jong Un fully realizes the great economic
potential of North Korea, & will do nothing to
interfere or end it. He also knows that I am with him &
does not want to break his promise to me. Deal will happen!

The launch is the first since the North fired an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in November 2017,
before declaring the building of its nuclear force complete and
extending an olive branch to the South and the United States.

has vowed to no
longer test nuclear weapons or ICBMs, but the North has
conducted other weapons tests since then.

The missile firing, coming after the North's test of what it
called a tactical weapons system, added to the pressure it has
exerted on Washington in talks on ending the North's nuclear
programme.

"It also seems clear that North Korea is angry over
what appears to be a lack of flexibility in the Trump
administration’s position on relieving sanctions, sticking to a
policy of 'maximum pressure'," said Harry Kazianis at the
Center for the National Interest, a think-tank.

Kim has held two summit meetings with US President Donald
Trump, the second in February in Vietnam, but due to
disagreement on weapons dismantlement and sanctions relief.

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